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Friedrich Kluge2510097An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — sperren1891John Francis Davis

​ sperren, vb., ‘to bar, obstruct, fasten,’ from MidHG. and OHG. spęrren (pret. sparte, OHG. sparta), wk. vb., lit. ‘to provide with spars.’ Deriv. of Sparren.

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